The NCAL Quality Committee is committed to promoting quality and performance excellence in the assisted living profession. From NCAL’s Guiding Principles to its educational programming and resources, NCAL is leading the profession by developing groundbreaking tools that raise the bar for resident satisfaction, quality 
of life, and improved operations.
Advocating Care Excellence (ACE)
NCAL’s quality initiative, Advocating Care Excellence (ACE), is the banner to house all of NCAL’s current and future quality resources and tools. ACE is based on NCAL’s five Guiding Principles of quality:
- Person-Centered Caring: based on the concept that the staff and management know each resident, their history, their needs, preferences and expectations.
- Ethical Practices and Financial Stewardship: believes that all providers should operate their communities based on a foundation of trust and provide service with integrity.
- Mission and Vision Statements: defines a community’s purpose, values, and strives for progress and continuous improvement while maintaining the same core values.
- Quality Improvement: based on the need for data collection, benchmarking, process improvement and continuous assessment for effectiveness.
- Workforce: identifies the relationship between an enhanced work environment that leads to increased staff satisfaction and the increased level of satisfaction for residents and families.
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NCAL Awards 2011
NCAL’s national awards program recognizes the exemplary work of members’ employees. The Awards began with one category: the NCAL Noble Caregiver Award, adding in subsequent years the Administrator of the Year Award, the National Assisted Living Week (NALW) Programming Award and the NCAL Nurse of the Year Award. The programming award recognizes a community for a week of outstanding activities that integrate residents, family members, volunteers, staff and the surrounding community based on the NALW previous year’s theme. The winners will be recognized at a special awards ceremony on NCAL Day, September 18, 2011, in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Clinical Practice Guidelines Reference clinical practice guidelines established by leaders in the industry, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, AMDA, and the Alzheimer’s Association.
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